Paltorhynchus sedatus Scudder 1893 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae

Alternative combination: Trypanorhynchus sedatus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206

Belongs to Paltorhynchus according to G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Legalov 2015 and Scudder 1893

Sister taxa: Paltorhynchus bisulcatus, Paltorhynchus depratus, Paltorhynchus narwhal, Paltorhynchus rectirostris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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